What type of healing systems do you prefer?

Isabeliever, may I ask what cleansing program you use?

Hi Isabeliever...and from your response here I'd say...not only are you a believer in whole person healing...but you act upon it too. Thanks for adding your views and experiences...and I would also be interested in knowing what type of cleansing program you use. My approach to daily cleansing is freshly made juices...particularly a combination of beet and celery. We have a Champion Juicer and using freshly made juices daily helps keep my system humming! Good chatting, thanks for dropping by.. Raia

I used to use a Champion too...but ended up selling it because I just wasn't using it as much as the price warranted. It is an EXCELLENT machine. I was just finding that since my counter space was too small to store it there and I had to spend time cleaning it immediately after using it, I just wasn't using it much. However, I loved the fresh juice etc. that I made with it. In June, a friend introduced me to Isagenix. It is a nutritional cleansing program unlike anything I had tried before...and I had tried everything! Master Cleanser, juice fasting, raw foods etc. Nothing ever made the lasting changes for my health and well-being like this has. My website - yes I now have my own - is lautz_tm.isagenix.com. It can tell you more about it. It has changed my life in so many ways it is hard to believe sometimes. Here is a quick story - I was at the eye-doctor this morning. He was asking me how I was doing with the ocular migraines and chelazians (block ducts in my eyes) that I had been experiencing. I realized that I hadn't had a problem with either since June! Coincedence? Maybe, but I don't think so. I have experience so many other great changes to my health from cleansing that I think this is just one more think I can attribute to Isagenix. I firmly believe that cleansing is vital to overall health - that is why I tried so many methods. I've finally found one that REALLY works for me and is easy enough to do all the time - not just sometimes. Thanks for asking!

Hi..sorry it has taken so long to respond. As my latest posts explained things are busy here...but I am back and better late than never I guess. Anyway I appreciated your conservative position and agree with you. Your comment that: "I believe the God God has made us wonderfully and in getting ill often times our immune systems are boosted and a potentially worser illness is not as bad if contracted" is similar to how I see things as well. Thanks for you input and support of Perspectives topics. Happy Easter to you and yours. Raia

Yes, I recall that...I think it first came up during our chat on Zelo's site during the discussion about suggesting changes in people's diets. At that time I think I shared with you that my mentor was a wonderful old-school Naturopathic doctor. His father was also one...and had passed on much of his wisdom to Dr. Kroeker and he chose to share it with me. For some reason he took me under his wing and offered so much wisdom about creating a healthy environment for the body to flourish. Not only did he guide me back to good health I had the honor and privilege of learning from a master healer/practitioner. He always reminded me that health is more than just the absence of illness. In his view health is the presence of aliveness, energy and joy. His approach was opposite to western medicine and felt that the constant focus of 'eliminating' illness was counter-productive. He educated me that it was important to show clients how to ehance health...and remind them that it is possible to heal most anything when the body is given the right circumstances to do so.. One of the things that I hold to to this day are two quotations he gave me many years ago by W.H. Auden..."Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say." The other by Geroge Melton..."The one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing...peace is the measure." He said that when people 'worry' about their nutrition and label foods as "good/bad/healthy/unhealthy" the very act of 'efforting' can create more distress than enjoying all things in moderation. That is why I refrain from telling clients that some foods are bad..or one diet is better than another. With a peaceful encouragement to enjoy life and attuning to their unique biochemistry the body will reveal its wisdom when we are able to listen and hear it. I really enjoy having a connection with you...and respect your views even when we see things differently. Thank you for your thoughtful, knowledgeable additions to Perspectives discussions..and your Cyber friendship. Raia

Hi again my friend. Wow...thanks for sharing your story. I can relate to how important getting a second..or even third opinion can be. When I injured my knee the first surgeon wanted to operate as well. When I refused as you did and combined physiotherapy, acupuncture and the supplements GLH/MSM/Chondrition my knees have improved dramatically. Like you I am careful about lifting and not overdoing things because I do have rebound effect if I do...but the condition is quite manageable. From the sound of it you are tuned into your body and know what to do to support it..naturally. Yes, when we listen to them our bodies will speak...the challenge is not to override the messages they are sending. Thanks for dropping by..and presenting ideas that are sensible...and great examples for self-responsible choice-making. I am sure as long as we both pace ourselves surgery is not in either one of our futures! Raia

We are on the same page here...and if our society was geared towards preventative health practices there would be less need for the harsh and invasive procedures people end up going through because their lifestyle wore their bodies down. The only time I can see where antibiotics are necessary is with raging infections such as a staff or strep. Either of those conditions can be deadly. The mentor I trained with said that in cases like that the weakening effects can be corrected by supplementing the diet the infection has been cleared up. But other than that I am with you on the use of antibiotics. I remember reading that in ancient China physicians were only paid if they kept their patients WELL. The minute someone got sick payments were stopped...and if it happened too often they lost their standing with patients and they sought someone else out for health care. Imagine what would happen if that was the case in North American..hello whole person healing...goodbye symptom relief. Thanks for your input. Raia

Hello and welcome to Mylot and thanks for your input. I completely agree with your view on using energetic principles for healing. I am trained at the teacher level in the healing art of Reiki. Reiki (universal light energy or chi) is a wonderful way of clearing blockages and imbalances within energy fields. Acupuncture, Shiatsu, Theraputic Touch all work to balance energy flows (Chi or KI)within the system. Good chatting... Raia

Hi...and thanks for the 100% validation of my discussion. The brief, but confirming addition is appreciated...and more than enough! Raia